Welcome to this week’s news, reviews, and ‘all-things-books’ latest from the team at Waterstone’s Ballymena!
THIS WEEK'S TOP 10...
1. A Heart Full of Headstones - Ian Rankin
2. Pinch of Nom:Budget - Kate Allinson
3. There's Been a Little Incident - Alice Ryan
4. The Sanctuary - Andrew Hunter Murray
5. The Retreat - Sarah Pearse
6. Act of Oblivion - Robert Harris
7. Next in Line - Jeffrey Archer
8. Forever Home - Graham Norton
9. The Maid - Nita Prose
10. 100 Poems - Seamus Heaney
SATURDAY STORYTIME...
Our next Saturday Storytime will take place on Saturday 8th July at 12pm.
We will be reading When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth by Sean Taylor and Zebra Hicks.
This is a fun, silly read for all junior dino-lovers. Taylor and Hicks' picture book follows the cat-and-mouse chase between Smallasaurus, Badasaurus and the fearsome Worseasaurus.
We look forward to seeing everyone, and there will be some fun colouring in afterwards!
SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOK CLUB...
The next meeting of our Sci-Fi Fantasy Book Club will take place on Friday 21st July at 7pm.
We will be discussing the sci-fi classic that is Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
We look forward to seeing everyone there, and particularly welcome any newcomers!
NEW - HALF PRICE...
• Too Late - Colleen Hoover
The mega-selling TikTok phenomenon and author of Verity delivers a razor-sharp psychological thriller. As Sloan tries to break away from her toxic relationship with a dangerous drug trafficker.
NEW NON-FICTION
• Forgotten Warriors - Sarah Percy
From the Soviet Night Witches of the Second World War to the current Ukrainian conflict, Percy's entertaining and inspirational history of women in combat abounds in eye-opening revelations and unforgettable vignettes.
• The Wager - David Grann
The author of the acclaimed Killers of the Flower Moon unravels the thrilling true story of the wreck of the eighteenth-century British vessel and the extraordinary claims made by two different groups of survivors that resulted in a nerve-jangling court martial.